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Long weekend

Ascension Day bank holiday: What to do in Berlin, from BBQs to Berghain

Heading to CTM or sitting by the Spree, there's plenty to do this Ascension Day weekend.
What's on

Berlin art: What exhibitions are on now?

What's going on in the art world and which Berlin exhibitions should you check out this week?
Breakfast

Brunch in Kreuzberg: Breakfast in Berlin’s hippest Kiez

Eat your way around the globe at Kreuzberg's best breakfast spots.
Tempelhof Sounds

Parcels: Noah Hill on creativity, Tempelhof Sounds and getting out of Berlin alive

Parcels Day/Night was one of our albums of 2021. Now they're coming to play at Templehof Sounds […]
Red flag

Hidden in the “Far East”, the museum built by Berlin’s most famous trans woman

Charlotte von Mahlsdorf killed her father, spent time in a Nazi jail, and founded the Gründerzeitmuseum. It's […]
20 years of EXB

Exberliner turns 20! Art, music and clubbing at Zenner

We celebrate two decades of Exberliner with a huge riverside party - and you!

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Art

Photography

Modern nature: Anne Schwalbe’s otherworldly photographs

In her dreamy photos, Anne Schwalbe captures the delicate beauty of the natural world.
What's on

Berlin art: What exhibitions are on now?

What's going on in the art world and which Berlin exhibitions should you check out this week?
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Review

Kinderhook and Caracas: Omnibus

Looking back across 10 years, this rich collection shows what artist-run project spaces are capable of.
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Summer

Music

Music & clubs

10 Berlin gigs we’re excited about in 2022

Our music editor looks ahead to the very best live shows happening in Berlin in 2022
Editor's choice

Live music returns to Berlin

But let's not forget the local artists and venues who kept the scene alive during lockdown.
Music & clubs

Raed Yassin on trauma, Berghain and his Phantom Orchestra

Raed Yassin on his work Phantom Orchestra, a specially commissioned piece for CTM
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Food

Street food

Autogrill, Bite Club, Thai Park: Where to eat Berlin’s best street food this summer

Warm weather means markets, pop-ups and cheap(ish) eats galore. Here are three weekend events not to miss.
Japanese food

Zenkichi and Tsukushiya: Where to eat in Auguststraße’s tiny Tokyo

Berlin might not yet rival Düsseldorf for Japanese food, but is Auguststraße becoming a tiny Tokyo?
Drink

La Marinière: A smooth-sailing Berlin wine bar

Bretagne oysters, beurre blanc and plenty of bottle at this nautical-themed French wine bar in Wilmersdorf.
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Stage

Editor's choice

May on stage: What to see during Berlin’s biggest month for theatre

Theatretreffen is Germany's most important theatre festival, but that's only the start of what's on offer.
Stage

Yvonne Büdenhölzer on 10 years of Theatertreffen

As Yvonne Büdenhölzer leaves after a decade as artistic director of Threatertreffen, we look back on 10 […]
Stage

Wheels: The Berlin theatre company building bridges to Kharkiv

After six years of cooperation with Ukraine, Berlin-based theatre company Wheels found themselves in a much larger […]
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Books

Books

Tess Lewis on Lutz Seiler — and why translators are destined to fail

In a rainy cafe in Prenzlauer Berg, we caught up with star American translator Tess Lewis.
Books

What to read this month: May 2022

Postcolonialism, exile and Soviets in Ireland, get our tips for what to read in May 2022.
Obituary

Sophie Raphaeline: Farewell to a literary legend

We look back at the life of a Kreuzberg bookstore legend, who died on May 6.
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Film

Editor's choice

Khorshid and Memoria: Transportive visions at the cinema this May

This May, enjoy an adventure in Iran and a hallucinatory trip to Colombia in our film editor's […]
Review

Paris, 13th District: Missed connections and dating apps

★★★★ Paris, 13th District is a sexy, evocative and immensely watchable romance
Review

Red Rocket: American life on the margins

★★★★ A washed-up porn actor returns to his hometown in Sean Baker's Red Rocket
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Politics

Opinion

Red Flag: How (and why) to squat a hostel

Wombat's City Hostel in Mitte has sat empty for almost three years, but Berlin police won't allow […]
The Gay Berliner

What happened to queer solidarity?

Would you charge a "consulting fee" for a chat over coffee? What happened to banding together?
May 9

Talking NATO, Prussia and Putin at Victory Day in Treptower Park

We attended the annual May 9 Victory Day celebrations in Treptower Park and found a very pro-Russian […]
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